Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble • Lake Grove, NY

13d • Onsite

About The Position

A Barnes & Noble Bookseller is an integral member of the bookstore team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find appropriate books and products. Booksellers help maintain the store’s presentation and efficient operation by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and operating registers to provide quick, professional service.

Booksellers are expected to be reliable and punctual, flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, positive and dependable in their work, considerate and supportive of colleagues, cheerful and helpful with customers, and willing to learn. They are trained to use store technology, maintain merchandising and visual presentation, operate registers, receive and shelve deliveries, locate products using available resources, support the café team when needed, and follow loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures.

The work involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may also work at other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As they gain experience, they build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives. Booksellers who demonstrate mastery of the role are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs; the store is open early mornings through late evenings, including weekends and most holidays.
• A positive, purposeful, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
• A supportive and considerate approach to colleagues.
• A cheerful, helpful approach to customers.
• Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
• Comfort using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
• Ability to perform physical work involving prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help connect readers with suitable titles and products.
• Maintain attractive store presentation and support efficient store operations.
• Unpack and shelve deliveries, tidy displays, and maintain book, gifting, toy, and other product presentations.
• Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably while providing professional customer service.
• Use registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other available information tools effectively.
• Support receiving, unpacking, and accurate shelving of deliveries.
• Find books and other products using personal knowledge, colleagues, BookMaster, and available information tools.
• Support the café team when needed.
• Follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
• Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music, movies, and Newsstand products.
• Maintain store sections and backstock and present books and other products attractively.
• Make effective book recommendations to customers across store sections.
• Support sales objectives and products, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance, help fill scheduling gaps when able, and support colleagues.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick pay
• Paid time off, including paid maternity and parental leave (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• Company-paid holidays (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• Transit benefits (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• 401(k) with company match (for employees scheduled at least 20 hours per week)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week)
• Healthcare and dependent care spending accounts (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week)
• Disability benefits (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week)
• Life insurance (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week)
• Tuition reimbursement (for employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed